diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 0a5fac2b24429416d7d83ee7af2159546bfb23b8..f348eccb2f65d0b87a65bdb5b69d89eae9694194 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3260,6 +3260,13 @@ qemuDomainDefAddDefaultDevices(virDomainDefPtr def,
             addPCIRoot = true;
         break;
 
+    case VIR_ARCH_ARMV6L:
+        addDefaultUSB = false;
+        addDefaultMemballoon = false;
+        if (STREQ(def->os.machine, "versatilepb"))
+            addPCIRoot = true;
+        break;
+
     case VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L:
     case VIR_ARCH_AARCH64:
         addDefaultUSB = false;
@@ -3305,7 +3312,6 @@ qemuDomainDefAddDefaultDevices(virDomainDefPtr def,
         addPCIRoot = true;
         break;
 
-    case VIR_ARCH_ARMV6L:
     case VIR_ARCH_ARMV7B:
     case VIR_ARCH_CRIS:
     case VIR_ARCH_ITANIUM: